Transcription of 24. WORD F E - resources.jjay.cuny.edu
1 24. WORD FORM ERRORS Notice in the sentences below how changing the form of the word educate (by adding endings) changes the word from a verb to an adjective or noun . Educated citizens are the basis of a healthy democracy. (Adding ed to the verb educate creates an adjective.) The government has a responsibility to provide education to all citizens. (Adding ion to the verb educate creates a noun .) Many words in English need to change their form when they are used as verbs, adjectives, adverbs, or nouns. There are three main types of errors with word forms: wrong word endings missing word endings confusion between ed and ing adjective endings. ERROR INCORRECT CORRECT REMEMBER Wrong word ending Until recently, the Hudson river contained danger levels of pollutants. (Danger is a noun ending in -er, but the word is being used as an adjective.)
2 Until recently, the Hudson river contained dangerous levels of pollutants. (Dangerous is an adjective, and so it has a typical ous adjective ending.) If you do not give a word the correct ending, you change the word into the wrong part of speech. Missing word ending The governor, a determine man, cleaned the river in record time and gained more votes. (Determine is a verb form, but the word is being used as an adjective.) The governor, a determined man, cleaned the river in record time and gained more votes. (Now the word has the adjective ending it needs.) The ending of a word often determines whether a word is a noun , verb, adjective, or adverb. If you leave off an ending, you may be using the wrong part of speech. Confusion between ed and ing endings Joseph was interesting in the story of the Hudson River clean-up.
3 (The story had an effect on Joseph, so the ed ending should be used.) Joseph was interested in the story of the Hudson River clean-up. (The ed ending is correctly used to describe an effect.) Use ing if you are describing a cause. Use ed to describe an effect. Created in 2007 at the Center for English Language Support, John Jay College, on a Department of Education Page 1 of 1 (Title V Collaborative) Grant awarded to John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Queensborough Community College.
